Re: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

Niall,

I don't know where Don got the quote, I learn it from the URL:

http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?dba9i_oca.html

where it says:

"Introduction to Oracle9i: SQL (#1Z0-007) This is an online exam. It is also available at Oracle University or Authorized Prometric Test Centers."

and from the URL:

http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/index.html?onlinetest.html

where it says:

"The new exam is un-proctored, meaning that you can take the exam unsupervised at your own location. If you do not have good internet access, proctored exams are delivered in a secure testing environment, at an Oracle University Training Center or Authorized Prometric Testing Center."

Bertram Moshier
Oracle Certified Professional 8i and 9i DBA

http://www.bmoshier.net/bertram

"Niall Litchfield" <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote in message news:3e0dbee3$0$230$cc9e4d1f_at_news.dial.pipex.com...
> "Don Burleson" <don_at_burleson.cc> wrote in message
> news:998d28f7.0212250820.5cc2fb6_at_posting.google.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I have heard a rumor that the Oracle9i OCP SQL exam is unproctored:
> >
> > "The new exam is un-proctored, meaning that you can take the exam
> > unsupervised at your own location. If you do not have good internet
> > access, proctored exams are delivered in a secure testing environment,
> > at an Oracle University Training Center or Authorized Prometric
> > Testing Center."
> >
> > Because there is no guarantee that the person taking the exam is the
> > same person who registered for the exam, many DBAs feel that this
> > practice degrades the value of Oracle certification, and makes it even
> > more worthless than before.
> >
> > Comments?
>
> I see you don't have that many helpful answers - though a good discussion
> has resulted.
>
> Where did you get the quote above? From Oracle or some internet source?
>
> If true then it clearly does devalue the exam. I'm not sure that it
devalues
> the certification - I can't imagine that the failure rate for SQL was all
> that high in the first place.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
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Received on Mon Dec 30 2002 - 22:51:38 CST